1 involving sex between two people in a family who are very closely related:
an incestuous relationship
2 (disapproving) involving a group of people who have a close relationship and do not want to include anyone outside the group:
The music industry is an incestuous business.
incestuously adverb
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In this entry, incestuous is tagged as adjective.
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